libgtk-3.a and libgdk-3.a missing in libgtk-3-dev

[pberndt]

The static libraries are missing in libgtk-3-dev 3.10.8~6+qiana.

Upstream (Ubuntu) also has this issue, but since this is a specialized qiana build, I felt I should also report this here.

[pberndt (phillip-berndt)]

For some reason I cannot add the upstream bug tracker URL. It's https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+3.0/+bug/1385622

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the url you gave is another ubuntu bug, not an upstream one

[pberndt (phillip-berndt)]

Since Mint is based on Ubuntu I'd consider their version of the package upstream from Mint's. The bug lies in the packaging, not gtk itself, so there's nowhere further upstream from them..

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

yeah, if you are using Mint then the issue is their and not an Ubuntu one

[Lars Karlitski (larsu)]

Statically linking gtk+ is uncommon and discouraged by gtk+ developers (see "Extra Configuration Options" in [1]). Also, I don't think we should increase the package size for such an uncommon a use case.

Please compile gtk+ yourself if you want to link your application to it statically.

[1] https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/gtk-building.html